Magnificent Four, Chapter 8.
"Tasting Australia".
"Ohayo, Ichiro" Fujisaki waved around. He pulled himself up and sat on the bed.
"Mmmrpff… Ohayo Fujisaki-kun" Ichiro slowly rolled and opened his eyes. "What time is it ?" He yawned and rests his head on Fujisaki's lap.
"Huh ?... 5 in the morning ?.... How can it be so bright ?!" Fujisaki blinked. Normally it would be dark in this hour.
"It's summer, dear" Ichiro chuckled and got up from the bed.
"Uhh, Ichiro, put something on" Fujisaki chuckled, but silently admires Ichiro's naked form.
"Well, you haven't got anything on as well" Ichiro looked down at the naked keyboardist.
"Right, anyway, last night was fun" Fujisaki got up.
"Of course, I got lots of flying hours" Ichiro winked and took Fujisaki to the bathroom. (To keep FF.net happy, I will not describe the bathing scene).
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"Yuuukiii…. Let me go !" Shuichi whined.
"You look cute in that Shu-chan…" Eiri smiled darkly and began to smoke. He had Shuichi handcuffed all night long.
"Please, Yuki… my arms sore !" Shuichi whined and wriggles around the bed.
"How about no ?" Eiri smirked and carefully traced a finger down on Shuichi's naked form.
Shuichi twitched as he was aroused. "Stop teasing meee !!" He whimpered.
"Aw… poor Shu-chan…". Ultimately, Eiri unlocked the handcuffs on his lover's hands.
"Meanie !" Shuichi pouted while rubbing his sore wrists with his hands.
"I think I can cure that…." Said Eiri. He dragged Shuichi to the bathroom.
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"Where the hell are Eiri and Shuichi ?" Ichiro checked his watch. He and the other were waiting for Eiri and Shuichi on the main lobby.
"Delicate love making process ?" Hiro snorted and took a long drag from his cigarette.
"Or maybe Eiri lost the key to Shuichi's handcuffs ?" Mr. K. added
"Maybe…. HEY, how'd you know that ?" Sakano blinked.
"I know a masochistic person if I see one, Sakano-san" Mr. K. laughed.
Finally Eiri and Shuichi went down to the main lobby. Knowing the hot temperature of Australia, they wore shorts instead of trousers. Of course, the flashiest of all was Shuichi with his pink sleeve-less shirt.
"So, Ichiro-kun, where are we going now ?" Shuichi chirped.
"First thing first, let's have a breakfast. I know a good place" Said Ichiro and lead everyone out of the hotel.
"Where ?" Mr. K. asked.
"A beach called Cottesloe. It's about 30 minutes away from the city".
"Oh ! A beach !!" Shuichi ran around in excitement.
"Calm down Shuichi… Now, let's get a taxi" Ichiro chuckled and dragged the group to the taxi stand.
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Cottesloe beach was not small at all, it stretched far and wide. And actually, the beach itself was connected to another beach on the north and south. Cottesloe beach itself was suited for body boarding and surfing as the waves ranged from small to big.
"So, what do you think ?" Ichiro asked as he returned to his table in a café on the beach. He was having two pieces of warm pies and coffee for breakfast.
"It's nice, and not crowded" Hiro was the first to made comment.
"It's still too hot for me" Sakano-san complained.
"…." Shuichi was gaping at a bunch of teenage boys on the beach. A sharp prod of Eiri's cigarette was enough to send him back to himself. "Erm… It's nice" Shuichi scowled and rubbed the small burnt spot on his arm.
"Can we swim after ?" Fujisaki asked.
"Hmm, it would be a good idea" Ayaka-chan added.
"And it's also a nice spot for fishing" Mr. K. said.
"Erm.. I-"
"Then it's settled. We're going to spend few hours here" Shuichi chirped and cut Ichiro's words short.
"… Fine, I'll go walk around with Fujisaki…" Ichiro sighed in defeat.
"What's wrong actually ?" Fujisaki leaned to Ichiro and whispered into the other man's ear.
"You'll see… Good thing Shuichi is a fast swimmer" Ichiro smirked.
"I don't think I would like that smirk…".
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"Whee !! The water's cold" Shuichi swam around happily under Eiri's supervision.
"Don't go to far…" Said Eiri who refused to go into deeper place.
"C'mon Yuki…. Don't tell me you can't swim" Said Shuichi, teasing Eiri's patience.
"Do not tempt me…" Eiri growled.
"Well, I am" Shuichi dived under and swam into the deeper part of the beach.
"Hmm… it should be around by….now" Ichiro gazed into the small pink floating thingy on the sea, which was unmistakably Shuichi's head.
"What do you mean by it ?" Fujisaki asked.
"That" Calmly, Ichiro pointed at a darkish-greyish triangular thing closed on Shuichi.
"Oh my… Is that a-"
"Yes it is, dear. Charcarodon Charcarias, or on simpler words, White Pointer… Well, Great White Shark…".
"SHUICHI !!! SHARK !!!!" Fujisaki yelled in panic.
"Eh ?... Shark ?. He must be joking" Shuichi chuckled. He turned around to swim back to the now-panic-Eiri. Then he saw the triangular fin closing on him. "SHARK !!!!" Upon founding the reason to swim fast, Shuichi swam as fast as he can. So fast that he actually RAN on the surface into Eiri's arms.
"Baka…" Eiri shakes his head.
"… I hope the other animals were not as dangerous as this…" Fujisaki sweat-dropped.
"Actually there's one on you, Fujisaki…"Ichiro chuckled and reaches for Fujisaki's hair. He picked a shiny black spider with red stripes on its abdomen from Fujisaki's hair.
"Ew…Put that away !" Fujisaki yelped.
"Oh, this is not just spider. It's a Red Back spider, it venom could kill…" Ichiro flicked the spider away.
"God… What's wrong with this place ?" Fujisaki shuddered.
"Well, 90 % of venomous and dangerous animals lived in Australia…".
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On the other place, Mr. K. saw the shark that almost attacked Shuichi. He immediately pulled his gun and started to shoot at the shark. The bullet struck the fin of the shark. Knowing it was not its day, the shark swam away.
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Since that close encounter with shark, Shuichi refused to swam again. Well, he would swim, but only at the shore. Much to his disapproval, Eiri bought him a large shark plushie with 'I almost ate Shuichi' embroidered on its belly.
The End of Chapter 8